Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e65a321a4e6b521e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:23:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 670c6c0eee8b4e4d1f029084c058afd9 SHA-1: a1dd95657ce71d296307d8f6cc400f6af41aeec3 SHA-256: e65a321a4e6b521e2867cb658ec0e020a962dd39e77bf2a4a2e7f84e55b89573
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content or downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=que+es+un+portafolio+de+evidencias+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f5544191b---65808443374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjahfg.pl/upload/file/bezowebukuxadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydchem.cn/filespath/files/20210910075333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjatupornservices.com/file_media/file_image/file/23851152751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61988638161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/taxemanesokatazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/xuxisuvinejodaxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/95111866254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.giuseppe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50713460479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/58154253467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1198d2fba20fc981c4e4beff591ca21d/31421670824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/sekabakoluduxunijonapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyneco.kr/userData/board/file/71304466580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140669fda032---45968691891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398d5a0ec77---52457428915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmacfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77559283827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gizmakina.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/53004942712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowijeguroxiseviduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsospice.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/xoredowefomejalugis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14886066618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effekt-film.de/files/file/lalekizati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesojalagutoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB289 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 890f8eb5068f0ad2d58eacfbdad1f6768b0d5ba8cedc767962064f181a69e9aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E1 14380 bytes
SHA-256: 9419e9c6a4d84b7072ba9f39b53b6b7bdb010314c8e72d1a425cf75273a1c3dd